Total Crime Rate

131.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 131.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.4 9/10
  • Burglary 13.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Robbery 6.8 8/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cromarty Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Edgware , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 1,063 local areas in Barnet .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cromarty Road (HA8 8ET) in the last 12 months was 131.8 per 1,000 residents and was 43.5% higher than the Edgware average (91.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cromarty Road (HA8 8ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Springwood Crescent, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hamonde Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cromarty Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Warwick Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Springwood Crescent
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glengall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Glengall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hamonde Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pentland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamonde Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Atlas Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burrell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromarty Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burrell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burrell Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burrell Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayside Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Meadfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rannoch Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hamonde Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morley Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bushfield Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Marlborough Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warrens Shawe Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyre Grove

Data Sources

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